After Eric Sclavos opened with a raise, the player in the cutoff three-bet all in for right around 10,000. The player in the small blind then called off for roughly 8,000, and Sclavos called to put both players at risk.
Sclavos:
Cutoff:
Small Blind:
Everyone had a little something, but as the cards sat Sclavos was best with queens. The flop changed that as the cutoff made a pair of aces, and that left Sclavos shaking his head. The turn changed nothing, but the river did. Sclavos spiked a queen to retake the lead and send the other two players to the rail.
We happened upon the action with 2,000 out in front of Kitty Kuo in the small blind and Gary Benson all in from the big. Kuo was debating what to do with her stack, and eventually she opted to call off for right around 14,000 total.
Kuo:
Benson:
It was a flip, but Kuo needed to improve to stay alive. That's just what she did when the flop gave her a pair of queens. Neither the turn nor river helped Benson, and he was left with just 3,000 after the hand.
Ami Barer opened with a raise only to have Surag Dutt three-bet to 2,300. When action reached Winston Yip in the big blind, he moved all in for 7,825 and Barer called off for 6,725. Dutt opted to get out of the way and Barer discovered the bad news.
Barer:
Yip:
Barer had run his big pocket pair into an even bigger one, and he paid the price for it after the board ran out a dry .
"She's going to need a shovel," someone over at Table 10 bellowed.
We made our way over to discover they were talking about Kitty Kuo, who after crippling Gary Benson essentially doubled again by eliminating Corey Kempson. We missed the hand, but we do known The two got it in on a two-heart flop with Kempson holding and Kuo .
Kempson was in great shape, and he actually improved to trips when the appeared on the turn. However, it gave Kuo a flush draw, which she hit when a heart spike on the river.
Meanwhile, Mohsin Charania and Bruno Politano have also been eliminated from Event #2.
Daniel Hough limped preflop and then called a three-bet from Tobias Reinkemeier. Hough then check-called a bet on the flop before leading out for 2,500 on the turn. Reinkemeier then shoved all in for 7,500, Hough called, and the German discovered that he was drawing dead.
Hough:
Reinkemeier:
Hough flopped the nut flush, which meant the river that gave Reinkemeier two pair was meaningless. Reinkemeier took his leave from the tournament here in Level 8 while Hough chipped up to 33,000.
The remaining 46 players are now on their last 15-minute break. When they return they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
Daniel Negreanu had been nursing a short stack for most of Level 8, but his time finally ran out shortly after coming back from break.
As former Octo-Niner Russell Thomas told it, Negreanu open-shoved his last eight big blinds from under the gun holding only to run into a player holding . The board ran out a clean , and that was all she wrote for Negreanu.
"The was the only hand he played in 30 minutes," Thomas said.
flop changed that as the cutoff made a pair of aces, and that left Sclavos shaking his head. The 
turn changed nothing, but the 
river did. Sclavos spiked a queen to retake the lead and send the other two players to the rail.
flop gave her a pair of queens. Neither the 
turn nor 
.
two-heart flop with Kempson holding 
.
appeared on the turn. However, it gave Kuo a flush draw, which she hit when a heart spike on the river.
flop before leading out for 2,500 on the 
turn. Reinkemeier then shoved all in for 7,500, Hough called, and the German discovered that he was drawing dead.
river that gave Reinkemeier two pair was meaningless. Reinkemeier took his leave from the tournament here in Level 8 while Hough chipped up to 33,000.
only to run into a player holding 
, and that was all she wrote for Negreanu.
